Definitions

spew

[spyoo] / spyu /

VERB

spit out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

belch cascade eject erupt gush heave scatter spit vomit

STRONG

disgorge eruct expel flood irrupt puke regurgitate spread spritz

WEAK

bring up spit up throw up urp

Example Sentences

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Some of the descriptions, by Baskin's wife and children, are worthy of Ogden Nash: "The pygmy marmoset's minuscule lips/ Spew shrieking taunts, fierce orations and quips."

From Time Magazine Archive

Spew me out, and go on your way.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan

Spew, Spue, spū, v.t. and v.i. to vomit: to eject with loathing.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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